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teamLab: Infinite Existence

2026.9.19(Sat) - 11.08(Sun)Supper House, Singapore

teamLab: Infinite Existence

2026.9.19(Sat) - 11.08(Sun)Supper House, Singapore

teamLab: Infinite Existence

Leaping tigers, blossoming flowers, and a medieval city beset by plague. In this latest exhibition, the lines between reality, history and mythology begin to dissolve. In its place, something beautiful and mysterious emerges – an endless realm of infinite existence.

Titled teamLab: Infinite Existence, this solo exhibition marks the first exhibition hosted by Singapore-based art platform Supper House featuring the internationally renowned collective teamLab. Centered around eight unique and dynamic works, the exhibition explores teamLab’s myriad creative inspirations, drawing upon vibrant art histories to conjure visions of limitless beauty. In particular, the exhibition adopts a curatorial focus on the concept of "Ultrasubjective Space" (chõshukan kūkan 超主観空間), in which the boundaries between the real world and the artwork’s interior space are collapsed, creating a single, seamless reality. Inspired by compositional techniques found in premodern East Asian narrative scrolls and painted screens, teamLab has embraced “ultrasubjective space” as a way of refiguring the relationship between viewer and artwork, empowering viewers to chart their own movements through the artwork’s space, thus creating an aesthetic experience that is unique to each individual.

Well known for pushing boundaries of contemporary technology, teamLab nevertheless centres the human experience at the core of its practice. Viewers are invited to gaze upon the ebb and flow of waves and waterfalls; to bear witness to the rise and fall of human civilization; to quietly meditate upon the slow passage of deep geological time. In these dark and uncertain times, the artist collective gently encourages us to become active observers of our own universes, uncovering beauty in everyday moments and ordinary scenes.

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작품

Universe of Water Particles – Gold

Universe of Water Particles – Gold is a virtual waterfall created in a virtual 3-D space using teamLab’s concept of ultrasubjective space, a term that refers to the depiction of space found in premodern Japanese painting.

Computer-generated water consisting of hundreds of thousands of water particles is virtually poured onto a virtually sculpted rock. The computer calculates the movement of the particles to produce a simulation of water that flows in accordance with the laws of physics. Lines are drawn in relation to a selection of 0.1% of the particles. The sinuousness of the lines depends on the overall interaction of the water particles.

In premodern Japanese painting, oceans, rivers, and other bodies of water were expressed using a series of lines. These lines give the impression of movement and life, as though water was a living entity. This form of expression leads us to explore why premodern people sensed life in rivers and oceans. Universe of Water Particles – Gold fuses the objective world of today’s knowledge with the subjective world of premodern people.

When viewing this artwork, regardless of the fact that the waterfall is a reproduction of physical phenomena, it can be possible to feel a sense of life in the collection of lines.

If, when viewing this artwork - as opposed to a video of a waterfall shot with a video camera—people feel the barrier between themselves and the waterfall dissolve, they become immersed in the work as if the waterfall is luring them in. Perhaps we can find a connection to the way premodern Japanese people perceived the world and consequently behaved towards it.

If we regard ourselves as part of nature, and consider nature as something not just to be observed, it is possible to feel that there is no boundary between ourselves and nature.

Continuous Life and Death at the Now of Eternity II

꽃이 끝없이 피고 지며, 탄생과 죽음을 영원히 거듭한다.

현실의 시간의 흐름에 따라 피어나는 꽃들이 계절에 맞춰 하루하루 모습을 바꾸어 간다. 작품 속 세상은, 설치된 장소에 해가 뜨면 밝아지고, 해가 지면 따라서 어두워진다.

감상자가 존재하는 현실의 시간, 도시의 시간, 꽃의 탄생과 죽음이 반복되는 시간, 각각의 다른 시간이 신체, 도시, 그리고 작품 세계에 이어져 교차하고 중첩된다. 작품 공간에 서로 다른 시공이 겹쳐진다.

작품은 컴퓨터 프로그램에 의해 실시간으로 그려져 간다. 사전에 기록된 영상을 재생하는 방식이 아니며 이전의 상태가 되풀이되는 경우도 없다. 사람들의 움직임의 영향을 받아들여 끝없이 변화해 간다. 지금 이 순간의 장면은 두 번 다시 볼 수 없다.

Darkness Becomes Existence, an Eternal Sea

The sea gently ebbs and flows in the eternity of time.
The black lines are darkness, or the absence of light. However, the lines drawn by the darkness, which are void of matter or light, appear in front of the white of the sea and continue to flow.The recognition of existence does not involve the presence of objects or light. It is born and shaped in relation to its surroundings.

Sunflower Phoenix

Fleeting Flower Series. Everything exists on a fragile continuity of life that knows no boundaries and has continued for a long, long time. The image of a phoenix appears in sunflowers that are born and blossom. In time the flowers scatter. At the moment each flower scatters that part of the phoenix scatters.

Chrysanthemum Tiger

Fleeting Flower Series. Everything exists on a fragile continuity of life that knows no boundaries and has continued for a long, long time. The image of a tiger appears in chrysanthemum flowers that are born and blossom. In time the flowers scatter. At the moment each flower scatters that part of the tiger scatters.

Peony Peacock

Fleeting Flower Series. Everything exists on a fragile continuity of life that knows no boundaries and has continued for a long, long time. The image of a peacock appears in peony flowers that are born and blossom. In time the flowers scatter. At the moment each flower scatters that part of the peacock scatters.

Lotus Elephant

Fleeting Flower Series. Everything exists on a fragile continuity of life that knows no boundaries and has continued for a long, long time. The image of an elephant appears in lotus flowers that are born and blossom. In time the flowers scatter. At the moment each flower scatters that part of the elephant scatters.

Flower and Corpse Glitch Set of 12

Created from 12 screens, this illustrated story features a theme of "the clash, cycle, and symbiosis between nature and culture.

The world of the artwork is created in three-dimensional space on the computer, visualizing a ultrasubjective space within 12 perspectives. The surface peels away, and the other side of the work rises to the surface.

Three-dimensional shapes are represented by a computer as abstract, higher-order information described by a mesh construction. When the surfaces of those three-dimensional rendered objects are peeled away, it is apparent that they are created from various combinations of mesh structures. By peeling away the surface, the underside of the work is revealed allowing a glimpse into the creative process behind it.

1: Flower and Corpse Glitch Set of 12 Capital City & Noble
The capital city in all its wondrous glory.

2: Flower and Corpse Glitch Set of 12 Disaster & Prosperity
An evil disease spreads throughout the capital.

3: Flower and Corpse Glitch Set of 12 Mountain People & Festival
Hikaru Genji follows the disease and ends up in a mountain village. To celebrate the blessings of nature, the village holds a festival.

4: Flower and Corpse Glitch Set of 12 Daily Life & Forest
The village festival is over and the village returns to ordinary life. Even under the influence of the disease, the people bravely live on. They receive the benefits of nature, living in abundance and cutting down trees to develop their civilization.

5: Flower and Corpse Glitch Set of 12 The Spirit Tree & Yamata no Orochi
The mountain village is asked to provide large amounts of timber to further develop the city. The villagers cut down a large tree deep within the mountains. When the sacred tree is downed, suddenly, Yamata no Orochi appears from the fallen tree. Yamata no Orochi is furious with rage and causes heavy rain and flooding in the valley.

6: Flower and Corpse Glitch Set of 12 Yamata no Orochi & The Gods of the Forest
Yamata no Orochi knocks down the houses of the mountain village. Following the rampage of Yamata no Orochi, the gods of the forest appear and begin to attack the people.

7: Flower and Corpse Glitch Set of 12 Weapons & Battlefield
The mountain villagers ask samurai to come to the mountain village, and a battle between the warriors, the gods of the forest, and Yamata no Orochi begins.

8: Flower and Corpse Glitch Set of 12 Destruction & Victory
After a fierce battle, the warriors make use of the developments of civilization, such as flaming arrows and swords. Eventually the samurai warriors begin to be victorious.

9: Flower and Corpse Glitch Set of 12 Hunger & Wasteland
After the battle, the burned-out forest is a wasteland. The benefits of nature are lost and the mountain village suffers hunger and despair.

10: Flower and Corpse Glitch Set of 12 Flower & Corpse
Hikaru Genji is surrounded by the dead bodies of the gods of the forest and Yamata no Orochi. Despairing, he spreads seeds over the corpse of Yamata no Orochi. Then, from the dead corpse, buds appear and numerous flowers bloom. The flowers grow over the trees and the forest is gradually restored.

11: Flower and Corpse Glitch Set of 12 Festival & Forest
The people of the mountain begin once again to reap the benefits of the forest and civilization is restored. The people of the village are determined to go on and live in harmony with the forest and the festival is once again held.

12: Flower and Corpse Glitch Set of 12 City & Festival
The evil disease subsides in the capital city. The people still do not know the cause of the disease, but they carry out a festival of thanks at this auspicious change of fortune.

teamLab에 대해

아트 컬렉티브. 2001년 부터 활동을 시작했다. 예술, 과학, 테크놀로지, 그리고 자연계의 교차점을 학제적 접근으로 모색하고 있는 국제적인 학술적 집단. 아티스트, 프로그래머, 엔지니어, CG 애니메이터, 수학자, 건축가 등 다양한 분야의 전문가들로 구성되어 있다.
 
teamLab은 우리에게 익숙한 모든 경계에 대해 질문한다. 인간은 각자를 둘러싼 바깥 세상을 감각 기관으로 인지해 스스로와 분리하고 낱낱을 경계지어 독립체로 구분하려 한다. 현대 문명은 그런 방식으로 세계를 이해해 왔다. teamLab은 예술을 통해 감각을 확장하고 개인과 세계의 경계, 시간의 연속성에 대한 인지의 경계를 넘어설 수 있다고 믿는다. 이 세계의 모든 것은 광대한 시간 속에, 생명의 끝없는 연속 안에 가까스로, 하지만 기적적으로 존재하고 있다.

teamLab의 작품은 시드니 뉴사우스웨일스 주립 미술관, 애들레이드 사우스오스트레일리아 미술관, 샌프란시스코 아시아 미술관, 뉴욕 아시아 소사이어티, 이스탄불 보루산 현대 미술관, 멜버른 빅토리아 국립 미술관, 헬싱키 아모렉스가 영구 소장하고 있다.

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